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Australia has always been late to the party with digital entertainment. iTunes took years to launch down here, we still don’t get Amazon Instant Prime and Netflix is only just getting around to setting up shop.
But in those gaps between major international tech companies expanding Down Under, there has been a number of local startups hellbent on plugging the gap. In the media streaming space, that startup was Quickflix.
Like Netflix in the US, Quickflix began its life as a postal DVD service, but with the rise of broadband penetration across the country, made the shift into digital streaming.
With some financial backing from HBO, things looked promising for Quickflix for a while. But as history has shown us, the service failed to capture the imaginations of Australians, with the company struggling financially, and HBO selling its stake in the company to Channel 9.
In fact, things have been so tough that Quickflix CEO Stephen Langsford asked customers to buy shares in the company last year.
But while financially things haven’t looked too great for the streaming service, the fact is that Quickflix still exists in the Australian market. With the arrival of Stan …read more
Source: techradar.com – Phones
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